Pain management

Pain management tools are often utilized in treating chronic pain, acute pain and pain associated with long-term illness, like cancer. It may include interventional procedures, medications, therapies, injections and more in an effort to manage pain.

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Pain management doctors in Derry, New Hampshire

For many people, living with pain is a way of life—but it doesn’t have to be. If you’re experiencing chronic pain, your pain doctor and team of healthcare professionals at Parkland Medical Center can provide relief.

We're committed to helping you manage pain and improve your quality of life. To find a specialist and book an appointment, call our Consult-A-Nurse® team at (877) 642-2362.

Your personal pain management plan

Our pain management experts will create a custom plan—tailored to your unique medical history and symptoms—to treat your pain and improve your overall health and quality of life. We use the latest and most effective techniques, including noninvasive and minimally invasive approaches, to provide much-needed relief and help restore your lifestyle.

Types of chronic pain we treat

Conditions our pain management physicians treat include:

Neck and back pain

Degenerative disc disease

Disc herniation

Sciatica

Spinal stenosis

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Compression fracture of the spine (VCF)

Post-herpetic neuralgia (shingles)

Occipital neuralgia (headaches)

Bursitis

Arthritis and arthritic conditions of joints

Fibromyalgia and other myofascial pain syndromes

Pain management procedures

Epidural steroid injection: An epidural steroid injection involves injecting steroids into the neck or low back. Sometimes, a local anesthetic is injected with the steroid. These injections may be used for spine care to treat herniated discs.

Epidural steroid injection: An epidural steroid injection involves injecting steroids into the neck or low back. Sometimes, a local anesthetic is injected with the steroid. These injections may be used for spine care to treat herniated discs.

Kyphoplasty: This procedure treats vertebral compression fractures (VCF) of the spine using a balloon and then injecting cement into the fractured vertebra.

Nerve and facet blocks: This therapy uses a local anesthetic and a small dose of steroid to perform a nerve block for specific areas of the body. The nerve block can also be used to diagnose which neural pathway is causing chronic pain.

Radiofrequency ablation: This treatment blocks pain messages to the brain, using radiofrequency energy to heat nerves, nerve endings and other tissues. Radiofrequency energy is a form of electromagnetic energy similar to a microwave.

Your pain management team may encompass specialists from other areas of our hospital. For example, our primary care, spine care and physical therapy and rehabilitation programs often play a vital part in pain management for our patients.